Varanus yuwonoi is endemic to the island of Halmahera
The Yuwono monitor or tricolor monitor (Varanus yuwonoi), also commonly known as the black-backed mangrove monitor or the black-backed monitor, is a species of monitor lizard in the blue-tailed monitor species complex.[2][3] The tricolor monitor is endemic to the island of Halmahera, in the Maluku Islands, Indonesia.[4]
^Stubbs, A.; Arida, E.; Shea, G.; Auliya, M. (2021). "Varanus yuwonoi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T22916A123633095. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
^Weijola, Valter; Vahtera, Varpu; Lindqvist, Christer; Kraus, Fred [in French] (2019-07-23). "A molecular phylogeny for the Pacific monitor lizards (Varanus subgenus Euprepiosaurus) reveals a recent and rapid radiation with high levels of cryptic diversity". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 186 (4): 1053–1066. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlz002.
^Harvey, Michael B.; Barker, David G. (1998). "A new species of blue-tailed monitor lizard (genus Varanus) from Halmahera Island, Indonesia". Herpetologica. 54 (1): 34–44. JSTOR 3893395. (Varanus yuwonoi, new species).
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